Cabinet - Unbranded. The back panel couldn’t fit the bracket of my friend’s old graphics card (Quadro FX 580). The bracket was too short and not letting the card enter the PCI slot fully. So I need advice if the graphics card you suggest will not have such issues with regular local cabinets.
[*]Which hardware will you be keeping
All of the above
[*]Which hardware component are you looking to buy.
Graphics card
[*]Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component
Whole system upgrade after a few years*
[*]Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
Online*
[*]Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
Yes
[*]What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
Adobe Photoshop
gaming at decent or even low graphics of games like GTA V or the Witcher
Video with x265 codecs and video shots on phone that are 1080p at 60fps. Currently, such videos don’t work on my computer.
[*]Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
None
[*]If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
Mentioned above
[*]What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
Gaming - no idea
Desktop - 1920x1080
[*]Are you looking to overclock?
No, should I?
[*]Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
Windows 10
Note: I also have brought an HDMI to HDMI Amazon basics cable, FYI. My monitor has only HDMI and VGA ports, no DVI.
If it is costing 10 to 12k online, certainly it won’t be within a 5k budget offline? Thanks though :-).
Thank you. I am totally out of the loop with regards to current hardware and never heard of MDComputers. But seems like they have a good reputation. I am hopefully going to buy this card.
Please confirm if it won’t have any compatibility issues with the hardware I have mentioned as most of my hardware is around 8 years old. I would appreciate it.
No, I mean, increasing your budget by a few thousand and getting 1050 will be far far better for long run than going with 1030. I bought a new system for friend couple of months ago and 1050 was selling at 9~10k and 1050ti was at 13k so maybe stretch the budget? The difference between 1030 and 1050 is much more than 1050 and 1060 wrt avg framerates of games.
Maybe try looking for a last gen gtx 960? 1030 is a really really overpriced gfx card I feel for the performance it offers.
Post merged on Jan 23, 2018
MCD computers is a reputed store running since many years. No worries, you can buy there with peace. primeabgb is another store you can buy online parts from
My initial budget was 3,500 as I just wanted to be able to browse Youtube and phone camera video at 60 fps. So, will the graphics card that @@bssunilreddy has suggested at 5,500 suffice? As OP mentions, I do want to do basic gaming, but I am going to be too busy with work and stuff so it’s not a big deal. Main thing is being able to watch movies at good quality, gaming is secondary.
For videos, the 1030 will be just fine. Infact it even supports netflix 4k streams as long as your pc is running windows 10.Gaming will not be good though.
So, I can’t expect GTA V at low settings for 30 fps or so?
I really don’t want to spend 8k+ on a graphics card right now. Priority is high quality movies and Photoshop/Illustrator, with little gaming sprinkled in.
Your processor is dual core so I think it’ll bottleneck 1030. Gta really loves its cores. I think you’ll get around ~20 fps. That a ballpark figure tho. Search on youtube for some videos
Youtube videos with the ASUS GRAPHICS CARD PASCAL SERIES - GT 1030 2GB GDDR5 are excellent. But this dual core bottlenecking issue you talk about will be with *any *graphics card, right?
Having to amp up budget to 9,000 is stressful now. Regardless, can you guys suggest low cost reputed product online for the series you’re suggesting? In Mumbai, the only offline place I know is Lamington road. And it’s going to be possible to shop there only on a Sunday for me and I worry about being fleeced.
Update: Price is increased by 1K and now its retailing for 10.5K so removed the link.
Edit: Wait! forget about new GPU considering how crappy your CPU is it will bottleneck any GPU. Get something cheap and used.
That card has two profiles - low and standard. By default the low profile bracket is attached and the standard profile bracket is given in the box. If his friend has the standard bracket he can replace the low profile bracket with that one, else he has to search ebay etc.
exactly. no card or system could be future proof even 2 years down. They will work but we should not expect them to perform like the new models. New systems means the card may not be compatible with it or would be rendered useless because the integrated gpu on the cpu would be faster than the graphics card. Plus new boards = new types of memory and new standards.
I think OP should stop thinking about future proofing all together. As long as there is coin mining, gpu prices will always be high. Plus new games will be such that they prefer higher and newer end graphics cards. 3-4 year old games used to work on 1GB gpu, Now all the new games want 4+GB. Imagine even if you bought a 4GB card now, 3 years after, cards would be having 12-16GB GDDR6 or GDDR7 memory on them and that would be the new minimum for new games.
